The election now opens up the possibility for the rehire of Alan Brown.

"We've made no secret of the fact that we really want to be a part of this and we certainly would come back, yes," said Dr. Alan Brown, former Rockford schools superintendent.

The last board voted four to three to fire Brown. But under the new board, Saudargas, Hammond, Evans and Kalchbrenner have voiced support for the former superintendent, tipping the scales in the other direction.

"I would like to hope doctor brown is brought back because he is a man of very high standards and morals and the community has accepted him and he's done a wonderful job," said Karol Hammond, elected to school board.

As one new school board member put it, the board will have to jump through a lot of legal hoops to rehire Brown, but it is still a possibility.

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